What color?

[prairie]

What is the color called of this little keet -- he was born today. These are my Australorp's 10 keets she hatched out for me.





Here are some more photos of the keets hatched today.

 

[RingedTeal]

He looks Pearl (natural) colored to me

 

[PeepsCA]

The keet in the top and bottom pics is a Pied Pearl Grey. The little Lavender in the middle pic at the bottom right of the pic looks like he has a lot of white on the sides of his face, so he may be a Pied Lavender (can't tell for sure, but if he has white on the wings like the Pied Pearl Grey does then he is definitely a Pied Lavender. Cute babies!!!

 

[JLeigh]

Peeps, what is the difference between a Pied Pearl and a Royal Purple keet? Mine look almost identical to the ones above you say are pied pearls. Is it in the stripes on their heads?

Or do I have six Pied Pearls from my two Royal Purple parents? I know that's possible............and I don't care..........I just have keets, and that's what counts to me!

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[prairie]

Thanks peeps! There are so many varieties of colorings that I can't tell. I found this site with great photos of keets and adults. http://www.guineafowlinternational.org/colorchart/ If you click on the pic it pops up bigger. How do you tell between the purples and the pied pearls?

 

[PeepsCA]

Peeps, what is the difference between a Pied Pearl and a Royal Purple keet? Mine look almost identical to the ones above you say are pied pearls. Is it in the stripes on their heads?

Or do I have six Pied Pearls from my two Royal Purple parents? I know that's possible............and I don't care..........I just have keets, and that's what counts to me!

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On a partially pearled keet (like a Royal Purple) the head stripes are thin, squiggly/broken, and the wings will be white all the way to the shoulders.

On a fully pearled keet (even Pied) the center head stripe will be wide, with a couple sets of thinner (straight) outline stripes beside them, and usually the white wings do not go completely up to the shoulders.

From what I see in your pics Leigh you do have Royal Purples, but get another pic of them in a couple days and I'll confirm it for sure.

 

[prairie]

Thanks Peeps -- I will get more pics too------ but with mine the parents are Pearl fathers and Lavender or Lavender Pied mamas.

 

[PeepsCA]

Yes pls do post some more pics Prairie! I love seeing everybody's new baby keetsies!